Danny Yadron

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal.

Danny Yadron covers cybersecurity from The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau. He usually writes about hackers, cybercops and what companies do (and don't do) to stay safe on the Internet.

At the Journal, he also has covered tech policy, a presidential campaign, national politics and the Midwest – his home. Before that, he wrote for McClatchy, the Austin American-Statesman and The Buffalo News.

Articles by Danny Yadron

Three prominent former national-security officials endorsed the use of encryption in communications, breaking with President Barack Obama and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey in their standoff with Silicon Valley over new uses of the controversial technology.

The parent company of Ashley Madison, a dating site aimed at those looking for extramarital affairs, confirmed its systems were hacked by an intruder threatening to release users’ real names and preferences.

Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome browsers blocked old versions Adobe's animation software -- often used to play online videos -- following news reports that hackers were using a security bug to take over peoples' computers.

The spoils of hacking the U.S. government became clearer Thursday: more than 21 million Social Security numbers, 1.1 million fingerprint records and 19.7 million forms with data, such as someone’s mental-health history.

Silicon Valley and Washington’s argument over whether tech firms should enable users to encrypt their digital lives so that not even the FBI can unscramble the information has proved resistant to a solution.

Digital espionage is a lot like online dating: You can pretend to be someone you’re not, though your true self usually comes through. See the alleged Israeli espionage campaign against the Iran nuclear talks.